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Extending the Nuptiality Archive: County and State Marriage and Divorce

Award Number: R03HD123934
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/11/2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2028

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Extending the Nuptiality Archive: County and State Marriage and Divorce - Abstract Despite delays in marriage and the downward trending of marriage and divorce rates, little is known about variation at the county level. In the U.S., contemporary (post 2019) local level administrative marriage and divorce data are not available. The deterioration and defunding of the collection and publication of marriage and divorce data by the National Vital Statistics System means there is limited capacity to understand geographic variation in marriage and divorce. A limitation of the American Community Survey is that it cannot provide a point in time estimate of marriage and divorce for all counties or county equivalents where the event took place, and this is especially problematic in rural areas during times of rapid policy change. No centralized location or agency is responsible for providing administrative data on marriage and divorce at the local level. The call for local area family data have come from several constituent groups. While efforts have been made to fill this gap, spatial and temporal variation in how these marriage and divorce patterns operate at the county level since 2019 remains unknown. Our objective is to continue our past efforts in assembling, cleaning, harmonizing, documenting, and disseminating administrative marriage and divorce counts while also providing state-level refined rates based on NCHS published crude rates. Further, we will harmonize the data spatiotemporally in statistical analysis ready formats. This will facilitate the use of these data by allowing researchers to link marriage and divorce data to existing data by county, state, and year to enable secondary data analysis—a specifically designated purpose of this program announcement. Our third and final aim will be to disseminate the data via the National Center for Family & Marriage Research Marriage and Divorce Data Compass, the Data Sharing for Demographic Research, and the IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System websites. The dissemination will increase awareness of these valuable data across many potential data users. This innovative project fits squarely with the PDB mission to enhance knowledge and data availability on families and households. This, in turn, is expected to enhance currently available data and increase their potential scientific impact through increased accessibility and efficiency. More specifically, we will continue to provide the only centralized local level administrative data on marriage and divorce. The application is consistent with the purpose of the R03 mechanism and this specific program announcement and will offer a resource to a multidisciplinary set of researchers, policy makers, and practitioners.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $141,026 )
2026	2026	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY	1851 N RESEARCH DR	BOWLING GREEN	OH	43403	WOOD	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	9/14/2026	NEW	$141,026
														Subtotal = $141,026

Grand Total All Awards = $141,026

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Extending the Nuptiality Archive: County and State Marriage and Divorce

Award Number: R03HD123934

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/11/2026

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2028

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